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Vol.16 No. 10

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1957
VANCOUVER, B.C.

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Jiddie East countries from
o peression” by “international
‘mmunism,” Senator Joseph
i O'Mahoney (Dem., Wyom-
hg), chairman of the Senate
tat Trust and Monopoly Sub-
“Mmittee, charged that “the
“eantic oil companies, exer-
Sing the power of political
Mi; economic states in the
widdle East, have had a hand
framing our foreign policy.”
O'Mahoney presented docu-

'S charges.

poenator Esteves Kefauver

€m., Tennessee), also a mem-
€r of the Anti-Trust and Mon-
| oly Sub-committee, declared:

_ “It is becoming apparent to
* larger and larger extent that
he policy of this administra-
tion in dealing with the Middle
aut problem, has a relation-
5 P to the wants and desires

the large international’ oil
‘Mpanies which are operat-
i in the Middle East, which
“day own 57 percent or have
ti Percent of the oil produc-
°n of the Middle East.”

tj In ‘the House, Representa-
lg Robert L. Sikes blasted
ie 25-cents-a-barrel price
ike for crude oil which the
°l industry put over early in
anuary in the wake of the
Uez crisis. This was immedi-
ately followed by price in-
“reases in Canada where the
oil industry is owned largely
Y the big U.S. corporations.

t Sikes charged it would cost
ine U.S. $2 billion a year,
Though other estimates ~ were
SOmewhat lower.

O'Mahoney presented a sen-
Sational document from oil
“oOmpany files showing how
€cretary of State Dulles
Worked with representatives
of Standard Oil of New Jer-
_ Sey, the world’s largest oil
trust, Standard Oil of Califor-

1a, Texas Company and other
oil corporations in formulat-

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‘entary evidence to back up -

Congress gets proof
of! trusts shaping
US. foreign policy

WASHINGTON

Proof that the mammoth oil trusts are shaping U.S.
loreign policy and have engineered a new billion-dollar
Profiteering at the expense of the public was presented_in
the U.S. Senate and House last’ week. Attacking the
Eisenhower Doctrine, which: is supposed to defend the

ing policy in the Suez crisis.
These are also the compan-
ies which own the major part
of the industry in Canada.
O’Mahoney also read docu-
ments which showed that 15

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See OIL

SENATOR KEFAUVER
He charged that the interests
of the oil trusts

JOHN FOSTER DULLES
. . were the guiding force in
U.S. foreign policy.

RATEPATE

REVOLI
GAINST
GH TAXES

RS

Vancouver homeowners expressed alarm this week over the possibility of an-

other increase in taxes.

A delegation from Central Council of Ratepayers, embracing almost every
ratepayers group in the city, appeared before city council, urged a lower mill rate in
view of higher assessments and proposed that taxes be increased on improvements, with
graduated exemptions for homes and small commercial properties.

SEE STORY ON PAGE 5

ls CPR property in Vancouver

under-assessed by $2.5 million?

Did the property evaluators of the city of Vancouver favor the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way when they made up the assessment role for 1957? Did they assess CPR property at a figure
$2.5 million below what it should have been?

If the answer to these questions is “yes,” it will automatically raise another question: “To
what extent is the Non-Partisan city council involved?”

| Strike threat wins

office workers case

VICTORIA, B.C.

A last-minute capitulation by management averted a
threatened strike Tuesday this week by 14 office workers
at Canadian Industries’ plant on James Island.

Office Employees’ International Union, Local 15,
won for its members a $25 monthly across-the-board in-

crease, the exact wage hikestrike lasting more than a few

demanded.

Decisive factor in helping the
white collar workers to win
their demands was the deci-
sion by 130 plant workers to
respect picket lines. They are
members of Canadian Chemi-
cal and Explosives Workers,
Federal 128.

The plant produces 2,000
cases of dynamite daily, and
is sole supplier for the prov-
ince as far east as Nelson. A

days would have tied up many
mining and construction oper-
ations.

The wage dispute dated back
to July, 1956, when Office Em-
ployees gained jurisdiction and
promptly asked for a $25 in-
crease.

After prolonged negotiations
a conciliation board handed
down a majority award of

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See OFFICE

A property evaluator for-
merly employed by the city
tossed a bombshell into the
lap of the NPA council this
week when he charged that
the CPR has been receiving
preferential treatment in prop-
erty assessments.

The evaluator, J. S. Mulcahy,
delivered a written submission
to the Court of Appeal on Wed-
nesday of this week, in which
he made serious’ charges
against the city’s assessment
department.

He charged that in the» case
of the Cardero-Burrard right-
of-way, the 1957 assessment
should have been $1,2177,192, in
place of $646,f00. In the case
of the Burrard-Abbet right-of-
way, he claimed the assess-
ment should have been $4,024,-
276, instead of $2,419,276.

Dealing with the central and
False Creek yards, Mulcahy
argued that the assessment

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